Synonyms for fee
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Noun
1. Price
pay, price, honorarium, salary, reward, emolument, recompense
Other
charge, charre UK, tax, retainer, fief, feud, possession, bong, perquisite
Definitions
- n. 1
An amount charged in return for permission to do something
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Forms
- Plural
- fees → pays, prices, honorariums, salaries…
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A fee is given for a single service or privilege, and is sometimes in the nature of a gratuity.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- price Houses here are double the price of those in Kobe.
- salary His low salary prevents him from buying the house.
- tax Your contribution to the school is tax-deductible.
- possession I have never had more than $500 in my possession.
- retainer Since the operation, he's been wearing a neon pink retainer.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| fee | steady | |
| price | falling | |
| salary | falling | |
| honorarium | falling | |
| tax | falling | |
| possession | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- pay1, tax1
- 4 letters
- feud1, bong1, fief1
- 5 letters
- price1
- 6 letters
- charge1, salary3, reward2, charre
- 8 letters
- retainer3
- 9 letters
- emolument
- 10 letters
- possession3, recompense3, honorarium5, perquisite3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (salary3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- honoraires